Steamboat Lines and Appointments for the Season of 1849.
We give below the various steamboat lines running in the Chicago trade, and to different points from this city, for which we are indebted for much of the information, to the Buffalo Express. We have endeavored to give the boats from this city in the river trade and the smaller ports, as correct
as possible:
The Chicago Line is composed of the following magnificent steamers:
The EMPIRE STATE, new last season, and the largest boat on the Western waters. M Hazard, captain; S Chamberlin, 1st officer; Whaley, 1st engineer; N Moore, 2nd do; Goodrich, clerk; Baker, steward.
The NIAGARA, well and favorably known to the traveling public. W T. Pease, master; John Leonard, engineer; Healy, clerk; Carpenter, steward.
The KEY STONE STATE, entirely new and of the largest class. Thos. Richards, master; Wm. Stone, mate; Thompson, engineer; Frank Parmelee, clerk; N Emerson, steward.
The LOUISIANA - Wm. Davenport, master; John Miles, engineer; J Barton, clerk; H Nottingham, steward.
The SULTANA - G Appleby, master; J Weishuhn, mate; Lockwood, engineer; John Taylor, clerk; W Blossom, steward.
The ST. LOUIS - F S Wheeler, master; W Kennedy, mate; Gilbert, engineer; Mott, clerk; T T Bloomer, steward.
The ALBANY - C L Gager, master; Bradley, clerk; Wesley, steward; W. Magee, engineer.
The A.D. PATCHIN - H Whittaker, master; Newell, mate; Williams, clerk; Hathaway, engineer.
The SUPERIOR - D Wilkinson, master; officers probably same as last year.
The GREAT WESTERN - C H Whittaker, master; Bancroft, mate; Brooks, clerk.
The GLOBE - Robinson, master; Watkins, clerk; other officers probably same as last year.
The NILE - Blake, master; Pierce, steward; other officers as last year.

Other Lines Formed.
The DETROIT - Buntlin, master; New Buffalo and Chicago
The PACIFIC - Brown, master; New Buffalo and Milwaukee
The SAM WARD - New Buffalo and Milwaukee.
The CHAMPION - Grand Haven and Milwaukee.
The BUNKER HILL and Milwaukie are to run between Sandusky and Detroit.
The MICHIGAN - Stewart, master, will run between Buffalo, Green Bay and Chicago.
The LEXINGTON - G. Randall, master, is chartered for the season, to freight stone for the new Light House, to be constructed in the Straits of Mackinaw, near where the old Light Ship has been stationed.
The LONDON - Bawbee, master, will run between Buffalo and Port Stanley, C. W.
The EMERALD - Young, master, will run on the Niagara river, between Buffalo and Chippewa, C.W.
The CLEVELAND - Sheppard, master, will run on the river, between Buffalo and Tonawanda, for the towing of vessels up the rapids.
Detroit Free Press
March 31, 1849

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